Quicklinks

Quicklinks -mobile menu

Rote Island, Indonesia sees new songbird

A joint research team led by NUS Biological Sciences has described the Rote Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus rotiensis, a unique songbird species (Photo: Philippe Verbelen)

A joint team, led by NUS Biological Sciences Assistant Professor Frank Rheindt, comprising researchers from NUS and the Indonesian Institute of Science has described an unusual new songbird species — the Rote Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus rotiensis named after Rote, Indonesia where it was found.

“The new species is part of a large group of Asian warblers but is unique among them due to its unusually long bill,” said Dr Nathaniel Ng, who was involved in the description of the bird during his PhD candidature at NUS Biological Sciences at the NUS Faculty of Science.